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Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing.]

[AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr. aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder.]

1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.

2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Row \Row\, a. & adv. [See Rough.]

Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.]

``Lock he never so row.'' --Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Row \Row\, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.]

A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.]

--Byron.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Row \Row\, n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. r[=a]w, r?w; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r?kh[=a] a line, stroke.]

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.

And there were windows in three rows. --1 Kings vii. 4.

The bright seraphim in burning row. --Milton.

Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in drills.

Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Row \Row\, v. i.

1. To use the oar; as, to row well.

2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Row \Row\, n. The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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